A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia on Friday. Id of earthquake: us10007rmq. Event ids that are associated: us10007rmq. Global time and date of event 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 11:03:32 / January 6, 2017 @ 11:03 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.6 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:03:32 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.0419 East, latitude 1.4252 North, depth = 54.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km WSW of Sibolga, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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